Topic > art - 662

This question focuses on the introduction of Russian constructivism, the Mexican mural movement that was primarily influenced by the ideology of Marxism. How they are different from each other aesthetically, ideologically, conceptually. Russian constructivism began soon after the Bolshevik revolution against the Russian Empire. Before the revolution, people under the Empire regime suffered abuse from the government which was unwilling to change the old ways of its bourgeois rule. Lenin and the Russian people wanted to create a just society for all. Fundamentally, wealth should be equally distributed among people. This was a popular revolution rather than a traditional regional change. With social change, led to the change of artistic research by people. Traditional art such as oil paintings and iconography were abandoned, as they were excessively bourgeois. In Russian constructivism, art was no longer an end in itself, but served a social purpose. The art objects were made from ready-made materials. They focused on combining different elements to create an art, be it music, architecture or cinema. The aim of Russian constructivism was to serve the people and be practical at the same time. Much like Russian Constructivism, the Mexican Mural Movement was the people's cultural expression through art towards the Mexican Revolution. Led by artists like Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueriros, the movement was a way to unite people and express the cultural quality of Mexico in the process. The themes of the murals were often linked... to the medium of paper... to communist society. On the other hand, it seems to focus on the complete abolition of bourgeois society. We label John Berger as a Marxist critic because in his writings he talks about the relationship between art history and capitalism. He goes on to use Marxism to criticize traditional oil paintings and how they are connected to today's advertising. “Advertising images, which are only momentarily desirable advertisements, rule our sad American lives.” (WS) The book “Way of Seeing” attempts to popularize Marxism through art. It is a more interesting way for people to learn Marxism through this book rather than Karl Marx's books. “Way of Seeing” not only offers us a completely new way of seeing art, but new perspectives of evaluating our society in general..